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- [uhn-hich]
- /ʌnˈhɪtʃ/
- /ʌnˈhɪʧ/
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- [uhn-hich]
- /ʌnˈhɪtʃ/
Definitions of unhitch word
- verb with object unhitch to free from attachment; unfasten: to unhitch a locomotive from a train. 1
- verb without object unhitch to become uncoupled or unfastened. 1
- transitive verb unhitch unfasten, release 1
- verb unhitch to untie, unfasten, or detach 0
- verb transitive unhitch to free from a hitch 0
- verb transitive unhitch to unfasten; release; detach 0
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Origin of unhitch
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; un-2 + hitch1
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Parts of speech for Unhitch
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unhitch popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
unhitch usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unhitch
verb unhitch
- detach — If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
- disaffiliate — to sever affiliation with; disassociate: He disaffiliated himself from the political group he had once led.
- disenthrall — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disenthralled — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
Antonyms for unhitch
verb unhitch
- berthed — in a berth
- berthing — a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- bind — If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
Top questions with unhitch
- how to unhitch a trailer?
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